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| Floral wreaths with King Sihanouk’s photo sold in a market in Phnom Penh during the official mourning period. Photograph: Pha Lina/Phnom Penh Post |
Thursday, 18 October 2012
Rann Reuy
The Phnom Penh Post
Flower prices soared considerably due to the official mourning period of Cambodia’s former king, Norodom Sihanouk, according to vendors.
Crowds of people set upon flower shops at different markets in Phnom Penh, where tens of thousands of mourners participated in paying their respects to the former king during the returning ceremony of his body from China yesterday.
Lach Sophea, a 32-year-old vendor near Wat Preah Buddha Mean Bon near Olympic Stadium, said the prices for flowers increased from 2,500 riel to 3,500 riel (about $0.63 to $0.88) per bunch.
“Flower prices just jumped last night because new flowers just arrived,” she said.
According to her, prices started to rise yesterday, when King Father Sihanouk’s body was returned to Cambodia and Cambodians gathered to mourn.
In just one morning, she sold 1,000 bundles excluding the decorative wreaths surrounding the photos of the king. Ribbons also increased from the regular price of 300 riel to over 400 or 500 riel.
Another flower shop owner, Vy Nech, 40, said flower sales increased about ten-fold compared to regular days. She also sold 20,000 units of ribbon yesterday and she expects total sales to reach 40,000 units during the entire mourning period.
“If compared to a normal day, today [Wednesday] sales are extreme,” she said, adding “Buyers don’t hesitate even with the high prices for the better decorations. They want good ones, so they don’t bargain.”
Khiev Chantha, 57, a vendor at O’Russey Market where she has been established since 1994, said she just restarted selling flowers again after the Pchum Ben holiday.
She said that she could only buy roses from wholesalers, because other flowers were already sold out.
Prices for roses doubled yesterday from 40,000 riel to 80,000 riel per 100 stems. Her retail price is 1,500 riel per stem.
Hai Heang, an official at Department of Public Works and Transportation in Phnom Penh, said he had ordered a wreath of flowers with a photo of King Sihanouk which cost over $50.
He said, “Upon receiving the news of King Father’s death, I felt shocked and this spending is not a problem because it is a one off spend.”
4 comments:
Do Koh Tral island and other islands belong to Khmer or Viet according to King Norodom Sihanouk and his regime after Cambodia gain indepandant from France?
Can any professional people out there including KI media, VOA, RFA confirm with evidences strongly that Koh Tral island and other islands were belong to Khmer during Sihanouk's regime reconized by UN?
It is very important to clearification any doubt to young khmer generation? Can you professional people out there help young khmer generation to clear out the doubt about Koh Tral island and other islands? Please do it for your country and nation and the khmer generation to know the facts and the truth about khmer history that it banned from teaching at Cambodia school!
All islands near srok khmer were once belonged to khmer nation but because of the agreement (continue to help Hun sen to stay in power) made between hun and vietminh, that is why hun had to give kosh trol to Vietminh. It is like history repeats itself like, during king Jayvarman (IIV, or something), he married to a viet woman and later gave khmer krom to vietnam and later, the French made it official in the world map. When, in fact it has always been khmers'. Today, khmer krom people are still fighting for their identity/rights of being khmers' not viets'. Now, hun sen is doing the same thing, he is being married to a viet woman, as well as to the vietminh's leaders and is giving away kosh trol. 'If we look into the past, we will see the future' and if we don't learn from the past, history will repeat itself', simple as that.
Burn his body over there (China). Don't bring back to Cambodia. He was a Traitor to Khmer people. The Khmer people have suffered enough by him. He did not respect even his own mother. He was an evil king . He should be alive until he can serve his punishment in the Khmer Rouge trail. Please don't forget he was the person who killed Lok Protean Sam Rainsy's father.
Pang Sokheoun, Secretary-General of SRP in Sweden.កុលបុត្រមហានគរខ្មែរ
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10"45amI know that you are one of a CPP members because no one would put their real ID in this page. But the information given by you is very crucial as to the real facts of life and that is why your CPP team is so paranoid and afraid that the SR team might take revenge on your evils' actions but don't worry because SR is not a killer like some, you know what I mean? only a ruthless killer and a coward would do that in this world e.g. if you play with fire, you will be burned or whatever you play with shall die by it'. So, your CPP team will pay for your own cause, just for a reality check.Oh, and the more you try to pretend to be someone else that you are not, the more we will find out about you and your evil action. Definitely from the KR tactic like always, that is accused, abused and killed (tactic from the VC and all enemies for extermination). Oh and by the way, the king's body is already here, right in the palace and there is nothing you can do about it. Bloodsucker!!! and what a shame!
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